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fromThe New Yorker
1 day ago

Ranking Things from Quiet Luxury to Loud Luxury

Wearing a Loro Piana sweater on a yacht that's strategically anchored in international waters so as to avoid any criminal financial culpability. Organic blueberries. Buying organic blueberries from a weekday farmers' market. Buying organic blueberries from a weekday farmers' market after laying off half your staff via e-mail ("Sent from my iPhone"). A bottle of Aesop hand wash in your bathroom. A bottle of Aesop hand wash in your guest bathroom.
Fashion & style
History
fromMedievalists.net
2 weeks ago

Medieval Fashion: How Clothing Defined Status and Power - Medievalists.net

Thirteenth-century noble clothing and servants' uniforms visibly communicated status, wealth, and rank through luxurious fabrics, furs, and ornamentation.
fromAmerican Banker
1 month ago

Card, cash or mobile app? People judge your status by how you pay

The last time such a dramatic transformation occurred in consumer payment behavior was about 50 years ago, during the transition to credit cards.
Mobile UX
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